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The Las Vegas Paiutes were the first in the cannabis space in southern Nevada. The tribe has announced its push into the growing and wholesale market.
The Photo Issue is here! See the winners and honorable mentions of the 2025 Focus on Nevada photo contest.
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As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave. -
The World Food Programme, a U.N. agency and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is facing cuts in its budget that experts are describing as "unprecedented." -
Entries for our seventh annual contest for fourth grade podcasters, and middle and high school students are now due Sunday, May 25 at midnight E.T. -
Trump administration's is rushing to deport two planes of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador in March, despite a federal judge ordering the administration to turn the planes around.
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Sauk County Sheriff's Office says Audrey Backeberg, now in her 80s, is living outside of Wisconsin. The detective who managed to track her down says she "had her reasons for leaving" in July 1962. -
Sudan has cut ties with the United Arab Emirates, accusing the gulf country of arming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that attacked Port Sudan. -
The Homeland Security Department pitched the monetary incentive as a more "dignified" way to leave the country, while saving taxpayers money.
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